Washington College (Lexington, Va.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hugh A. Moran Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0005
Scope and Contents
Mainly correspondence, including letters between Hugh A. Moran and his family while he was a student at Washington College; letters from fellow students; college programs; class notebook. Correspondents include Alston Boyd, Lucius Desha, Jr., William Preston Johnston, Mildred Lee, Nathan M. Moran and Mrs. Nathan M. Moran.
Dates:
Inclusive 1865-1879
James Cole Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0527
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three items: James C. Davis' Washington College undergraduate diploma from June 30, 1853; Washington Literary Society diploma of membership from his years at Washington College; James C. Davis' Virginia state law license dated 1860
Dates:
Inclusive 1853-1860
James McDowell Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0449
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two letters written to James McDowell while he was a Congressman. In one, dated May 16, 1848, James Paxton writes that he is not sure if the administration of Washington College needs changes, discusses the pay of the professors, which varied from $800 to $1300 per year, Governor William Smith's recent appointment of George H. Lee to fill a vacant judgeship. The other from C. S. M. Lee, J. S. Fishburn, and W. P. Wharton, dated December 6, 1848, asks him to deliver...
Dates:
1848